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New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes (arstechnica.com)
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[–] Goodeye8@piefed.social 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Diablo 3 had a RMAH (real money auction house). I didn’t play the game long so it was still up when I stopped playing it. Since fuck blizzard.

Which got removed roughly when the expansion launched due to there being huge backlash on this bullshit.

WT requires you to buy keys to open the boxes, and you can sell the boxes you find on their store.

For premium boxes. You still get free boxes that you can open, but fair enough. That said, being able to sell premium boxes is not the same thing as being able to sell the things you got from the premium box and it changes nothing about the rest of what I said in the previous comment.

Eve has a full blown cash economy.

Not even going to bother with this one because who know what the fuck you mean here. Don't bother explaining, I don't care.

I honestly don’t care about any of this. I think if a fool wants to waste their money on digital skins for a game. Let them.

So why comment in the first place? Because now I have to waste my time correcting your vague bullshit and I'm pretty pissed off about it because this is something I care about and you're here just talking shit about things you don't understand and don't care to understand. Good for you for not knowing how damaging addiction can be for addicts and the people around them, next time do everyone a favor and stfu when you don't give a shit.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

Which got removed roughly when the expansion launched due to there being huge backlash on this bullshit.

Which means what exactly....it was there. You asked. I provided.

For premium boxes. You still get free boxes that you can open, but fair enough. That said, being able to sell premium boxes is not the same thing as being able to sell the things you got from the premium box and it changes nothing about the rest of what I said in the previous comment.

Uhh ok? It kinda does...

Not even going to bother with this one because who know what the fuck you mean here. Don't bother explaining, I don't care.

Lol ok

So why comment in the first place? Because now I have to waste my time correcting your vague bullshit and I'm pretty pissed off about it because this is something I care about and you're here just talking shit about things you don't understand and don't care to understand. Good for you for not knowing how damaging addiction can be for addicts and the people around them, next time do everyone a favor and stfu when you don't give a shit.

Because this is a platform that allows people to post their comments. You whining about how you care that whales exist, doesn't magically make your opinion more important than mine. Plenty of games out there aren't pay 2 win...so vote with your wallet and don't play them. If you are addicted get help. Don't punish those who enjoy a vice. It's how we get shit legislation that doesn't do anything but create blackmarkets.